caricature
Noun · VerbUS[ker-uh-kuh-cher]/ˈkɛrəkətʃɚ/4 syllables
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Verb (1)caricatured, caricaturing
Noun (1)
- a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effectSynonyms: imitationimpersonationType of wit, humorKinds parody, mock-heroic
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Car′i·ca·ture noun
Origin: It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, transitive verb
1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
2. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written caricatura.]
The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature.— Isaac Taylor
A grotesque caricature of virtue.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Car′i·ca·ture transitive verb [past tense & past participle Caricatured; present participle & verbal noun Caricaturing.]
To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.
He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand.— Lord Lyttelton.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54